Dinah Jefferies

Known for historical novels, returning Book Club author Dinah
Jefferies has now written Night Train to Marrakech, a thriller
and a love story rolled into one. In 1960s Morocco a young woman
travels to meet her estranged grandmother, a woman whose
childhood secrets are catching up with her. In 1960s Morocco a
young woman travels to meet her estranged grandmother, a woman
whose childhood secrets are catching up with her.


Dinah joins Richard and Judy to explain how she accidentally
ended up writing a thriller this time round, and why she had to
ask for professional help with this particular genre. Character
Clemence is 75 years old – the same age as Dinah – and she talks
about why she chose to write her as a woman who has an active sex
life and paints her toenails gold. Dinah, Richard, and Judy also
all share their own thoughts about ageing.


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